FC: The "XXXX" may be from CyberPatrol, not Windows

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:08:02 -0500 (EST)
> From: bennett () peacefire org
> To: declan () well com, ewagoner () partnersoft com
> Subject: the "XXXX" is from Cyber Patrol
>
> Cyber Patrol replaces four-letter words with "XXXX" when you type
> them.  Most likely the computer once had Cyber Patrol installed on
> it and it has nothing to do with Windows.
>
> However, normally when Cyber Patrol runs, there's an icon for it
> on the taskbar.  It sounds like someone tried removing Cyber Patrol
> but only managed to get rid of part of it, so Web sites are not
> blocked and the icon doesn't show up on the taskbar, but there
> are still traces of Cyber Patrol on the machine.
>
> When the computer is in censoring mode, try hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del
> for the task list.  If "progic" is listed there, that's Cyber
> Patrol.  (However, you can't get rid of it just by terminating
> progic, as that will usually crash Windows.)
>
> If CP turns out to be the problem, the instructions at
> http://www.peacefire.org/bypass/Cyber_Patrol
>
> should be helpful for permanently getting Cyber Patrol off of the
> machine.  However, the instructions assume that you're starting
> with a machine that has CP fully installed on it, so they might
> not be totally reliable for a machine where someone tried to remove
> it partially and didn't get it off all the way.  In that case you
> can call Cyber Patrol and tell them someone tried uninstalling their
> program and couldn't get rid of it completely, and they *might*
> help if you don't sound too much like a 12-year-old boy trying to
> deepen his voice and trick Cyber Patrol tech support into helping
> him get rid of his parents' blocking software :-)
>
> -Bennett

 


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